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Short answer: Because attackers exploit fragmentation faster than governments can respond This shift toward collective cyber defense is a cornerstone of the new federal vision. The March 2026 National Cyber Strategy for America explicitly calls for a "new level of relationship between the public and private sectors" and demands "unprecedented coordination across government" to protect the American people.

If you are not using AI to defend against AI, you will lose. But for organizations operating in air-gapped environments, the path to AI-driven defense can be blocked by the very isolation that protects them. Today, we're announcing that Elastic Security is now the embedded security layer for Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped environments, expanding our collaboration with Google Cloud.

Let's address the elephant in the room, or I should say … the AI in the security operations center (SOC). If you're an SOC analyst, you've probably heard the doom and gloom predictions — AI is coming for your job! AI will replace you! Start updating your resumes now! In all honesty, that probably is not the case. AI isn't going to take your job, but it will change how you do it — and that's brilliant news.

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